The Patrick Madrid Show: November 30, 2022 - Hour 3
The Patrick Madrid Show
Relevant Radio
4.8 • 587 Ratings
🗓️ 30 November 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Patrick answers listener questions about the Sign of the Cross, what it means to be a Godfather, why do we classify churches as cathedrals or basilicas, are we doing the Sign of the Cross too much, should I raise my hands in church, and is it okay to adopt an embryo that is frozen and abandoned by in vitro fertilization?
- Ross - Should we be making the sign of the cross at the beginning of mass? When did that start?
- Dave - Can I be a Godfather to child if their parents aren't really serious about teaching the faith?
- Noah - Why do we classify churches as cathedrals and basilicas? What does that mean and where does it come from?
- Danielle - In Church during communion when the bells ring, should we be bowing? What about the Sign of the Cross?
- Mike - How do we participate in mass properly? Should I raise my hands?
- Arianna - Is it okay to adopt an embryo that is frozen and abandoned by in vitro fertilization?
- Ana – I’ve been away from the Church since 2008. How can I catch up with everything I’ve missed?
- James – I’m dealing with some crosses and not sure if I should seek spiritual or physical therapy
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Compelling insights, unpredictable conversations, |
| 0:12.0 | encouragement for your day. |
| 0:14.7 | It's the Patrick Madrid Show on relevant radio. |
| 0:19.4 | All right, let's do this thing. |
| 0:21.5 | Hour three is here. |
| 0:22.4 | The number is 888-914-9-149-8-88-9149. |
| 0:29.5 | Let's start off with Ross now in Annapolis, Maryland. |
| 0:32.0 | Good morning, Ross. |
| 0:34.0 | Hey, good morning, Patrick. |
| 0:36.7 | A quick question about the Mass. |
| 0:38.5 | In the opening of the Mass, the Penitental Act, the priest will say, |
| 0:45.6 | may Almighty God have mercy on us and forgive us to our sins. |
| 0:49.5 | And I see about half of the congregation at that time make the sign of the cross. |
| 0:54.6 | I was just curious what the tradition is, where it comes from, and maybe if you make the sign of the |
| 1:00.9 | cross at that time. |
| 1:02.2 | I don't, and the reason is because it sounds like a blessing, and because we Catholics are so |
| 1:10.7 | accustomed to that formula, the phraseology, which is very |
| 1:14.2 | close to what's being said there, that it's kind of reflexive that people make the sign of the |
| 1:18.8 | cross because it sounds as though it's a blessing. And that's not actually what's happening. |
| 1:23.0 | You'll notice that the priest does not make the sign of the cross, and most of the congregation does not make |
| 1:28.8 | the sign of the cross. And technically, strictly speaking, that's correct, because it's not a |
| 1:35.3 | blessing. Not that it has to be a blessing in order to make the sign of the cross, but there is a |
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